FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

        RALEIGH, NC-- Le Brun Library of the Montclair (N.J.) Museum of Art
recently made the winning
bid in The Dictionary of Art silent auction sponsored by the Art Libraries
Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). Auction results were announced at the
26th Annual ARLIS/NA Conference, held in Philadelphia, March 5-11, 1998.
        The Dictionary of Art of Grove's Dictionaries Inc. donated a set of the
highly acclaimed, 34-volume work to the ARLIS/NA 25th Anniversary
Scholarship Fund drive. The silent auction of the set marked the end of the
first year of an ongoing fund-raising effort to commemorate ARLIS/NA's
first quarter-century. Proceeds from the auction will be added to the
scholarship fund, an endowment established in 1997 to promote education in art
librarianship and visual-resources curatorship. The Dictionary of Art joins
over 230 other contributors to the fund: individual and business affiliate
members of ARLIS/NA, local chapters, and institutions. The first awards, in
the
form of paid internships in art libraries and visual-resources collections,
will be offered during the spring 1999 academic semester through a program
administered by the ARLIS/NA Professional Development Committee.
        Susanna Sabolcsi, manager of library services at the Montclair Museum of
Art, noted that The Dictionary of Art will dramatically extend the coverage
the library can provide in support of the widening scope of the museum's
collection.  She anticipates heavy use by the museum's curatorial staff,
art students from Montclair State University, and the general public--all
regular patrons of Le Brun Library.
        The Art Libraries Society of North America, founded in 1972, is devoted to
fostering excellence in art librarianship and visual resources curatorship
for the advancement of visual arts. For more information, contact the Art
Libraries Society of North America, 4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 201,
Raleigh, NC 27607-7506, 919/787-5181, fax 919/787-4916, email:
[log in to unmask], Web site http://afalib.uflib.ufl.edu/arlis.
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Penney De Pas, CAE
Executive Director
Art Libraries Society of North America
(ARLIS/NA)
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 201
Raleigh, NC 27607-7596
919/787-5181 ext. 221  800-89-ARLIS
fax 919/787-4916
email: [log in to unmask]